Vietnam
Vietnam jails citizen for 10 years for criticizing the communist state on Facebook
Plus three years probation.
Vietnam jails journalists for posts critical of the state
The Vietnamese government is increasingly silencing critics.
Former journalist arrested in Vietnam after criticizing the state on Facebook
Truong Chau Huu Danh could spend seven years in prison.
Vietnam is importing the worst of Chinese-style online censorship
Vietnam is monitoring online speech.
Facebook agrees to censor on behalf of Vietnam’s Communist Party so it can still do business in the country
Governments around the world could see this as an open invitation to recruit Facebook for state censorship.
YouTube partner with Michelle Obama for new documentary
YouTube is courting high profile figures instead of YouTubers.
Communist Vietnam jails three more citizens for their Facebook posts
The total for this month is now five.
Vietnamese pro-democracy activist’s Facebook posts land him in jail
Police arrested Vuong on the grounds of “making, storing, disseminating or propagandizing information, materials, and products that aim to oppose the State of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.”
Facebook blunder: phone numbers of over 60% of US users exposed online
Yet another privacy blunder from Facebook.
Amazon’s Creepy New Verification Process Requires Some Sellers to Record Facial Videos
Amazon is requiring some new sellers to record five-second videos of their faces which are then stored on Amazon’s servers.